Spring-door locker



y 9, 1929- w. N. VANCE 1.720.020

SPRING noon LOCKER Filed Oct. 11, 1924 Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER N. VANCE, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T LYON METAL PRODUCTS, INCORPORATED, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A COR- PORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SPRING-DOOR LOCKER.

Application filed October 11, 1924. Serial N0. 742,961.

My present invention relates to lockers, and particularly to an improvement in the mounting of the door, or doors of the locker, the primary object of the invention being to provide means for exerting spring tension upon the door in the direction of closing.

It is also an object to provide a spring door locker in which the spring may be readily positioned and will not add materially to the cost or difiiculty of construction.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be a parent as it is better understood from the fbllowing description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a locker in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a partial transverse section, taken substantially on the section line 22 in Fig. 1 and shown on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is an enlar ed fragmentary elevational View, taken rom the inside of the locker; and

Fi 4 is a transverse section, taken substantially upon the section line 44 in Fig. 3.

Upon said drawings, which illustrate the best manner in which I have contemplated 3 ap lying the principles of my invention, the re erence character 11 indicates generally a frame, which consists of corner angle members 12 and walls 13, the doors 14 being hinged at one side to the front flange 15 of one of the angle members 12.

The hinges 16 may be of any usual or preferred character and the doors are provided at the opposite side with a flange 17, adapted to abut against the exterior of the opposite angle member 12, a key-lock 18 being pro vided, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The flange 15, shown at the left in Fig. 1, is cut out at 19 to receive a coil spring 21, which is held in place by means of projections 22, extending into the ends of said spring. One end 23 of the spring is bent downwardly on the interior of the flange 15 and the opposite end 24 is extended through a retaining slot 25 in a flange 26 extending inwardly on the hinge side of the door.

Upon; opening the door 14, the spring 21 is compressed by reason of the contact of the flange 26 with the extended portion 24 of said spring. The end 27 of said extended portion 24 of the spring is curled and said portion is of such length that it will not be withdrawn from the door flange when the door is opened. In this manner, a yielding pressure is exerted upon the door in the direction of closing, so that it will remain normally in closed position and will be held in proper relationship to the frame.

It will be obvious that the spring may be inserted by merely compressing it in ion itudinal direction, inserting it between tie projections 22 and bin ing the extended part 24 in the slot 25, whic is open at the lower end thereof, as indicated at 28. An upwardly extending pro'ection 29 is provided on the edge of the ange 15 at the inner side thereof, and serves to hold the downwardly turned end 23 of the spring in place.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be under.-.

stood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the arts without departing from the spirit 211155001X} of the invention, or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A locker, comprising, a frame, a door, said frame and door having slotted portions, and a spring supported by the frame by interlocking engagement with integral portions thereof and having 0 posite ends engaging said slotted door an frame portions for yieldably resisting opening movement of the door.

2. A locker, comprising, a frame, a hinged door having a flange at the hinge side thereof, and a spring supported on the frame by interlocking engagement therewith having an end extending through the flange of the hinged door for urging said door toward a normal osition.

3. A loc er, comprising, a frame, a door hinged to said frame, and a coil spring supported in a cut-out part of the frame adjacent the hinge side of the door by interlocking engagement with integral portions of said frame, said spring having an end engaging said frame and another end engaging a cut-out portion of said door and arranged to yieldingly resist movement of the door.

4. A locker, comprising, a sheet metal body formed with anopening, a sheet metal door, hinges connecting said door with said body to permit said door to swing, and a spring detachably connected with integral portions of the sheet metal body at its opening and having an end connected to said frame, said door being formed adjacent-said opening with an inwardly extending'flange having a slot, and an end of said spring engagin said slot.

5. locker, comprising a frame, a door hinged to said frame, and a coil s ring disposed in a cut-out part of the rame adjacent the hinge side of the door and arranged to yieldingly resist the opening of the door, said frame having projections extending into the ends of said spring to hold the latter in place, and having a spring end retaining projection disposed adjacent the spring.

6. The combination of two members hingedly mounted for relative movement,

one said member being fixed and the other comprising a movable closure, and a coil spring for yieldably holding said members in a normal closed osition, said movablemember being slotted to receive a laterally extended end of the coil spring, and said fixed member bein formed to provide a spring seat in whic the spring may be interlockingly engaged.

7. A spring closing device for hinged closures, comprising, two sheet metal members hingedly mounted or relative movement, one said member being fixed and the other comprising a movable closure, and a coil spring supported by integral portions of said fixed member and having a laterally extending end engaging a slotted portion of said movable closure to urge it to a predetermined position with respect to said first member.

- 8. A hinged closure construction, comprising, a fixed part having integral portions formed to provide a spring retaining bearing, a movable part having hinged engagehyieldingy holding said parts in predetermined relative positions.

9. A hin ed closure construction comprising a fixed frame having integral portions providing oppositely disposed spring retainmg prongs adapted to engage within opposed ends of a coil spring to secure the same in place, a movable closure having hinged connection with said frame and having a slotted spring end engaging portion, and a spring supported on said frame and arranged for assembly upon said spring retaining prongs by compression along a longitudinal axis, said spring having a laterally extending end arranged to engage said slotted portion of the'movable closure to yieldingly hold said parts in a predetermined relative position.

10. A locker comprising a sheet metal body having an aperture and a door frame adjacent said a erture, a door closing said aperture, said oor having an inwardly extending flange and having hinged connection with said frame, the inwardly extending flange lying transversely of said door frame and ad acent thereto, said frame having a cut-out portion at its edge adjacent said inwardly extending flange and having a spring edge retaining slot formed therein adjacent said cut-out ortion, said door flange having a spring end retaining slot formed therein opposite said cut-out portion, and a coil spring engaging said slotted frame and slotted door portions to permit said door to open against the yielding resistance of said spring.

WALTER N. VANCE. 

